International Search and Rescue Advisory Group

The International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) is a network of disaster-prone and disaster-responding countries and organizations dedicated to urban search and rescue (USAR) and operational field coordination. It aims to establish standards and classification for international USAR teams as well as methodology for international response coordination in the aftermath of earthquakes and collapsed structure disasters. The INSARAG Secretariat is located in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Establishment

INSARAG was established in 1991 following initiatives of international USAR teams that responded to the 1988 Armenia earthquake and the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. The United Nations was chosen as the INSARAG Secretariat to facilitate international participation and coordination. The Field Coordination Support Section (FCSS), located within the Emergency Services Branch (ESB) of OCHA in Geneva, functions as the INSARAG secretariat.

The Weird Ways

You are so blind,When you think you are proovedAgainst anything bad,'cause your belief is so strong.Where' s your saviourFor all incurable who fell sick ?Where' s this damned god,To which they all daily pray ?Where' s this damned god ?Day by day,You' re searching for an excuse.Day by day,Questions attack your godfearing soul:"Is there a saviour ?Is there something above all?Is it existing -This realm of immortal love ?"The weird ways of existance -Are driving you mad !The weird wys of existance -Are piercing your soul !"When I am dead am I in heaven,Or am I in hell ?Or is there nothing at all,Who is able to tell ?The coffin, worms inside our flesh -Is that our destination ?The rotten corpse inside a graveLed me to a hesitation !"You are so blind,When you think you are proovedAgainst anything bad,'cause your belief is so strong.Where' s your saviourFor all incurable who fell sick ?Where' s this damned god,

International Search and Rescue Advisory Group

The International Search and Rescue Advisory Group (INSARAG) is a network of disaster-prone and disaster-responding countries and organizations dedicated to urban search and rescue (USAR) and operational field coordination. It aims to establish standards and classification for international USAR teams as well as methodology for international response coordination in the aftermath of earthquakes and collapsed structure disasters. The INSARAG Secretariat is located in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Establishment

INSARAG was established in 1991 following initiatives of international USAR teams that responded to the 1988 Armenia earthquake and the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. The United Nations was chosen as the INSARAG Secretariat to facilitate international participation and coordination. The Field Coordination Support Section (FCSS), located within the Emergency Services Branch (ESB) of OCHA in Geneva, functions as the INSARAG secretariat.